The influence of pedaling rate on bilateral asymmetry in cycling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 899-906

  Smak, W ^a   Neptune, R R ^b   Hull, M L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cycling; Limb dominance; Pedaling rate; Power

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; DYNAMOMETERS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CYCLING BIOMECHANICS; PEDALING ASYMMETRY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CYCLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ERGOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WORK;

EID: 0032810716     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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